> has anyone out there been able to get DRI working properly with XFree86 > 4.0.x and a 3dfx board? > > it _seems_ to work, but framerates are low... not at low as with software > rendering, but low. i also get horrible flicker when polygons are redrawn. > > i was told that installing libglide3 would help - it did, but not > enough. i still have the same problems. i also tried the debs of cvs > dri. it did not help at all. > > everything worked perfectly with xfree86 3.3.6, mesag3-glide2 and > libglide2. > > my system is a k6-3 500, 192mb ram, with a voodoo3 2000 16mb agp card. > > not on the list, so please cc any replies to me.
I've pretty much followed the docs on DRI and X site about setting up the Voodoo3 card. Points of note: 1. You need either the kernel tdfx module, or DRI one. 2. DRI ONLY works in 16bpp, not 24bpp (took me a while to get that one). 3. I use xlibmesa3 and xlibosmesa3 libs. HTH, Andrei ------------------------------------------------------------------ First there was Explorer... Then came Expedition. This summer.... Coming to a street near you.. Ford Exterminator. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrei Ivanov http://arshes.dyndns.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12402354 ------------------------------------------------------------------